Christ Re-Lives Savi ng Actions the Roman occupational force in , Again another time,' the Where would we have stood in Palestine; . Church '--- the livirig, personal' the reception line? How? GrudgThe fact-which gives mean- projection of Chr.ist-will have ,ingly? Cautiously? Eagerly? How ing to our' poor lives. here and us: re~live the. epochal moments do we stand how? now-too ofte.n is simply taken that give value to our' own diffiThe week's charged events for granted. cuities; trials,faiiures arid sue; , were not the reports for a hiscesses. " " .tory book. They were to be a On Sunday, Passion Slinday, launching pad into' the lives of the 'color red will signify to all each individual for centuries on that 'the' eventual triumph of .end. Christ, our King, is costly indeed. He would be with them for all He reigns from the' Cross; He: is. 'days even to the end of time. crowned with. thorns; 'His man- Jesus would not just, be with tle is a sweaty discarded, cloak; man but He would be the susHis scepter is a broken ~tick.路, tainer of man-This is My Body; Yet His suffering has saved This is My Blood-the food for each and every one of u~. His your life here on earth until 'you .' 'patient suffering of both a "tri~ 'can be perfectlY. happy with me, umphal" entry into Jerusalem . face to face, in My fulf.illed ~nd his bloody trudging of the Kingdom. Via Dol,orosa was the only way into our hearts. It was the only path to ,our salvation. It was a day for yoilth. and An Anchor 0/ the Soul, ,Sure and Firm-St. Paul children-they are the ones who saw through the ordinary ,man; they are the ones who welcomed' Son of David. If their'Hosan-' VATICAN CITY (NC)-.Pope Fall River, Mass., Thurs., March 23, 1972 the nas had been quenched by' the' Paul VI told 24 newly ordained PRICE 10~ untroubled know-it-alls of the priests that the obligations of Vol. 16, No. 11 漏 19'72 The Anchor' $4.00 per year time, the stones themselves the priesthood are a cross they woulCl have split open in wel- had willingly accepted but that come to the' Son of God. they are assured of God's help How we have paved the entry and the esteem of the people of of the Christ into our own lives God. is the question for that day. The Pope received. the nE:'W priests in a special audience March 20, the day after their DENVER (NC)-In' a meeting encourage their bishops to seek ordination. Of the group, 14 that its organizers termed "low , married candidates fot the were students at the Urban Colkey," members of the National priestl1ood. 'lege of the Propagation of the Federation of Priests, Councils 'Faith, the missionary college in At the same time, the dele~ passed resolutions on issues as gates refused to admit the SociRome, and ~ 0 were from the diverse as tne Vietnam War and ;; ety of Priests for ll, Free Ministry ~eda 'College, priestly cellbacy. " (0 1')IFPC membership. The soci-, , _Beda is, a college in Rome that The four-day NFPC meeting ety is composed mostly of 'mar- , ROME (NC) - Pope Paul VI spec.ializesin preparing men here was designed to focus oh rled ex-priests. called fM modern world's Urthap. vocllJtions for the prIestwith late "peace and justice'~ issues, and piness with Itself the "nausea of hood, mainly for dioceses in While some delegates found many of the resolutlorts reflected life" and said that it is found its actions too wordy and cau- primarily in the more developed Britain. these concerns. ,The eldest of the newly orHowever, the ,delegates a)s.o' tious, Father Frank Bonnike, countries. voted 128-70 "to continue to NFPC 'president called the meetSpeaking at St.' Mary of the dained priests from Beda" ColpurSue, charige in the, celibacy ng a "step forward." Visitation parish in a working- lege this year is Father Elmer "Our 200 delegates, as a'mat- class suburb of Rome, Pope Paul Ponton, 66, who 'for many years , law for priests' or' the latin rite." was a department store manager The margin was considerably ter of fact, delved into far more said: smaller than the 9 to 1 vote in controversial issues than ever "God, faith and the things God in Louisiana. He was ordained favor of optional celibacy at last ,before," Father Bonnike said, fol- gives man are lacking in the for the New Orleans archdiocese. lowing his election t(l a second world. Man does not live by year's NFPC meeting, Another American at Beda, The, delegates asked the U. S. two-year term. "But the conser- bread alone, that is, by depend- 32-year-old Francis Connors, will bishops to seek Vatican permis- vative and liberal wings came to ing on thOSe things which come be ordained in July' at Brattlesion to ordain married men, amicable conclusions all a re- from the earth. boro, Vt., for the Burlington dioand local councils were urged to Turn to Page Three cese. Tum to Page Three
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The commemoration of the Last Supper, then, the important ,event of Holy Thursday evening, is the promise of help today as we, living by the Food which ,is. Christ, wash the feet of one another in brotherly service. Popular devotion then takes over and just as a few disciples did follow Christ from afar during his ordeal, we too keep vigil at ,an altar where His Divine Presence is so evident. .' After midnight, the realization that .this glorious 'promise is realized only .through willful personal suffering is felt. The repos" itory still points to Christ present but now more hidden; more Tum to Page Tw~
Pontiff Ceills路 Obligations Willing Cross of Priest
National Federa'tion Meets In "Low Key" Discussions
Self Nausea Hits Modern Society'
In, his talk Pope paul'repeatedly stressed the words: "Never , 'doubt your priesthood." He told the new priests: "Through the priestly ministry that now is youts you are likened to the Apostles." He stressed that "your task now is to serve the Church and the world with all your strength." Calling the obligations of the pr,iesthood a "cross you have willingly accepted," Pope Paul told his visitors that "whatever difficuIties and trials you may encounter, you are assured of never failing help and support, the assistance of God's grace, the communion of the Church, the esteem---and the good example-of the people of God. "Therefore we repeat, never doubt your priesthood. Go forward with confidence." ' 'Ainong Beda College men ordained this year were a 38-yearold former disc jockey with the Mecca Ballroom at Leicester, England, a 32-year-old Scot who had been a doctor and staff member of the department of psychology at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital, two engineers, a retail grocer, a farmer and several schoolteachers.
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